Clay Quartermain

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Clay Quartermain
Clay Quartermain, from Strange Tales #167 (April 1968). Art by Jim Steranko.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceStrange Tales #163 (December 1967)
Created byJim Steranko (writer / artist)
In-story information
Alter egoClay Quartermain
Team affiliationsS.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Paranormal Containment Unit
Hulkbusters
AbilitiesTrained in espionage, firearms, hand-to-hand combat

Clay Quartermain is a fictional character, a secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Created by

first appeared in Strange Tales
#163 (December 1967).

Clay Quartermain appears as an agent of the fictional espionage agency

Cable, The Defenders, Marvel Team-Up, The Pulse, Silver Sable and the Wild Pack, and the miniseries Secret War; in the "Nick Fury" feature in the omnibus Marvel Holiday Special (January 1994); and in the "Elite Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." feature in the one-shot Captain America 2000 (Nov. 2000). He also led the S.H.I.E.L.D. Paranormal Containment Unit in the 2005–2006 series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos
.

Fictional character biography

Clay Quartermain is a high-ranking agent of the fictional espionage agency

U.S. military's "Hulkbusters" operation, which attempted to capture and contain the Hulk.[3]

Upon being transferred back to S.H.I.E.L.D., Quartermain, along with many other agents, was seemingly killed by a self-aware, renegade "Deltan" variety of the agency's "Life Model Decoys" (LMDs) and replaced by one of them.[4] The most advanced of the Deltan LMDs, it rebelled upon learning it was not human and after several confrontations, perished.[5]

In 2007, Quartermain was

retconned into being a former romantic interest of Jessica Jones and the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Paranormal Containment Unit[6] and later a new incarnation of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "Hulkbusters" unit.[7][8]

In the Alias series, Quartermain works with Jones to uncover a conspiracy against the

Mattie Franklin, a superheroine who was trapped in mysterious circumstances.[9][10] Additionally, a flashback reveals he befriended Jones while the latter was recovering from a months-long ordeal with the Purple Man.[11] Following this, during The Pulse, he led a S.H.I.E.L.D. unit in rescuing Jones from a HYDRA recruitment attempt.[12]

During the events of Hulk vol. 2, Quartermain was found dead after he was seemingly attacked by the Red Hulk, with his old friend Gabe Jones subsequently investigating his death.[13] It is later revealed that Quartermain was murdered by Doc Samson after he inadvertently stumbled onto a plot by the crazed individual and the Red Hulk to utilize a LMD of Ross.[14]

Other versions

The

Nick Fury.[15][16]

In other media

References

  1. ^ Quartermain appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2), #187-188, 192-200, 206-207, 209-210, 212-216, 219, 224, 226-228, 230-231, 233, 237-240, 243, 315, 322-327, 329-332, 334, 336-346, spanning May 1975 to August 1988 cover-dates, plus Annual #15 (October 1986)
  2. ^ "Amazing Heroes #26 (July 1, 1983): "Fury of the Past: A Nick Fury Hero History" by Lou Mougin". Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  3. ^ The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #337-343 (November 1987-April 1988)
  4. ^ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 (July 1988)
  5. ^ Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #6 (November 1988)
  6. ^ She-Hulk (vol. 2) #14 (January 2007)
  7. ^ She-Hulk (vol. 2) #15 (March 2007)
  8. ^ She-Hulk (vol. 2) #17 (April 2007)
  9. ^ Alias #1-4 (November 2001-February 2002)
  10. ^ Alias #16 (January 2003)
  11. ^ Alias #26 (November 2003)
  12. ^ The Pulse #6-9 (2005)
  13. ^ Hulk (vol. 2) #4 (June 2008)
  14. ^ Hulk (vol. 2) #23 (June 2010)
  15. ^ Ultimate Spider-Man #27
  16. ^ Ultimate Six #3 (2003)

External links

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